Eric Gamalinda was born and educated in Manila. He has had three novels published in the Philipines, Empire of Memory, (Anvil, 1992), Confessions of a Volcano, (Anvil, 1990), and Planet Waves, (New Day, 1989), as well as a volume of poetry, Lyrics from a Dead Language (Anvil 1990). His writing has appeared in Harper's Frank, International Quarterly, and Manoa, among other periodicals. With Luis H. Francia, he edited the anthology Flippin' Filipinos on American (Asian American Writers Workshop, 1997). He will be reading from a new, unpublished collection of poetry, Zero Gravity.